Is it worth it to wait a long period for a new job?

Hi All, I would like to know some opinions here. My friend is working in an Z company, He has 3 years of experience as a Software developer.Recently the company hikes weren’t good. Its not to do with recession, but it got merged with another company whose hike % as per there policies are generally low. His work is also kind of getting saturated and he was complaining of toxicity of management as well. So he decided to resign as the notice period was 3 months, and if he get a job offer no one’s going to wait for him for 3 months. Hence i supported his decision, as 3 months is a good amount of time for preparation and getting an offerNow at the worst case if he did not find a job in these 3 months, will it become more difficult after that, is having a little gap of no work is bad these days?? What do you guys think?? play safe or dare to leap?

I have total 6 years of experience working in product strategy roles in a couple of known unicorns and from tier 1 engg and MBA colleges. My team was dissolved back in nov 2022. I have been on a break since then as i had to oversee construction of our rental property back in my hometown. It was long pending. It is a vital income stream for my family. I have been trying for a job for last 2 weeks. I haven't been able to get interviews aligned in product / strategy domain. Now I am getting restless. I don't know why hiring POCs are not reverting to my interests. Need help here folks. Am I in a soup due to career gap? What can I do to overcome this situation? Good ideas are highly welcome :)

I come from a non-tech background and have ~4.5 years of work-ex across banking, consulting and business development (2.5 years, 7 months, and 1.5 years respectively). Last month, I switched to a CoS role in a startup but not really loving it so far. How long do I have to stay here so it doesn’t reflect poorly on my CV?

I am a 2023 batch undergrad. I got 6 month internship offer from Amazon and another offer of 9.8 lpa full time from another company.Inspite of working so hard and my good performance Amazon did not provide PPO. I am also trying for opp campus opportunity. The company that I am going to join has notice period of 3 months. In many of the job posting I see that joining is immediate to 30 days. Will the 3 month notice period be a hindrance in my career path .will it be so difficult switching cmp?

So, I have been job hunting for the past 10 months since my layoff. Everytime I reach the final round, got rejected with common as well as absurd reasons. So, since the last 2 months, I've been looking for opportunities that I turn it into a full time job of my own, and maybe eventually a business of my own. But a lot of people with whom I shared my future plans were like "Bruh, don't jump into running a business because you failed to get into a job since your layoff". Why is their introspect like this ? Are they being jealous? Are they being genuine? Am I missing something? Confused. What are your opinions on this ? Is it wrong to start something of my own when I can't find the opportunities that I want via a full time job as an employee of a company ?

My last job ended in Dec 2023 as amazon contract employee , i am trying to get another for dec to till date, in jan nothing converted to offer letter. Last week i got 3 offers from different companies one is contract role that came first , another is a crm company , i don’t like this company as there would not be any growth here & another is a services based company , all companies are paying the around the same compensation around 15 lpa , I don’t think it the right amount for me has to join one company for bread & butter , any advice would be appreciated

I was laid off 3 weeks ago. I've appeared for 9 companies, 7 of which were small scale companies who asked either extremely tough questions or questions on outdated technologies that I don't have experience on(.Net Developer) I was able to crack L1 Technical Interviews with the other two companies (MNCs) and they haven't reverted back with the result of the second round yet, saying that they'd reach out by next week. I don't trust HRs so Idk if this is a lie or not. The market seems tough and cracking interviews is becoming difficult by the day probably because of the sheer volume of applicants and numerous choices that companies have. How many interviews should I expect to give more before I land a job? Moral support dedo. TLDR: Have appeared for 9 interviews with no success in the past 20 days. How much more time is this going to take? Need some guidance.

3 years post-MBA exp. Currently at INR 35+ LPA. Offer in impact consulting at INR 23 LPA. Should I take it? Joining in Jan'24. Reason for switch - can't tolerate my toxic manager anymore. Have already put down my papers. Line of thought: 1. Take it - Something is better than nothing. At least paisa aate rahega. 2. Wait - Once I go at a lower package, difficult to demand a hike on my current one. 3. Take it, don't mention it - Companies will negotiate hard to lowball me if they know I am not working (gets worse if the LWD of my current company and the time am applying have a huge gap). Money matters to me. But have been introspecting a lot. Will appreciate realistic input from the community.

Recruiters and hiring managers, What's the time window after which you typically stop going through new resumes for a job posting? Trying to understand if applying on a 6 day or two week old job posting makes sense or not.